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Cold crematorium : reporting from the land of Auschwitz / by Debreczeni, József,1905-1978,author.; Freedland, Jonathan,1967-writer of foreword.; Olchváry, Paul,translator.; translation of:Debreczeni, József,1905-1978.Hideg krematórium.English.;
"The first English language edition of a lost memoir by an Auschwitz survivor, offering a shocking and deeply moving perspective on life within the camps. When Jaozsef Debreczeni, a prolific Hungarian-language journalist and poet, arrived in Auschwitz in 1944, his life expectancy was forty-five minutes. This was how long it took for the half-dead prisoners to be sorted into groups, stripped, and sent to the gas chambers. He beat the odds and survived the "selection," which led to twelve horrifying months of incarceration and slave labor in a series of camps, ending in the "Cold Crematorium"-the so-called hospital of the forced labor camp Dörnhau, where prisoners too weak to work awaited execution. But as Soviet and Allied troops closed in on the camps, local Nazi commanders-anxious about the possible consequences of outright murder-decided to leave the remaining prisoners to die. Debreczeni survived the liberation of Auschwitz and immediately recorded his experiences in Cold Crematorium, one of the harshest, most merciless indictments of Nazism ever written. This haunting memoir, rendered in the precise and unsentimental prose of an accomplished journalist, is an eyewitness account of incomparable literary quality. It was published in the Hungarian language in 1950, but it was never translated, due to Cold War hostilities and rising antisemitism. More than 70 years later, this masterpiece that was nearly lost to time is now being published in more than 15 different languages for the first time, and will finally take its rightful place among the greatest works of Holocaust literature"--
Subjects: Biographies.; Autobiographies.; Personal narratives.; Debreczeni, József, 1905-1978.; Auschwitz (Concentration camp); Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945); Jews, Hungarian; World War, 1939-1945;
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The murder rule : a novel / by McTiernan, Dervla,author.;
"Hannah has abandoned everything-her trajectory as a law student, her childhood home and caring for her ill mother-for the chance to work with the Innocence Project, a prestigious coalition of investigators who fight to free wrongly convicted prisoners. Hannah's ambitions are set on the program's highest-stakes case in years: a convicted rapist and murderer on death row. She'll do anything--whatever it takes-to work on this case. Because Hannah has a secret. Nearly three decades ago her mother Laura abandoned everything, too. A teenage runaway who fled her abusive family, she escaped to Maine for a fresh start. Desperate for work and a place to sleep, Laura is forced to resort to favors from friends and strangers, until she meets a young man named, Tom, who becomes her guardian angel. As Hannah becomes more deeply involved with the Innocence Project she is forced to reckon with the thin lines between justice and revenge, privilege and complicity, love and abuse. And the more she learns about this complicated case, the more she learns about herself. Because secrets and lies come with a price. Told in alternating timelines, the mother and daughter's stories twist and turn into an explosive conclusion"--
Subjects: Thrillers (Fiction); Legal fiction (Literature); Psychological fiction.; Novels.; Innocence Project; Family secrets; Mothers and daughters; Prisoners;
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The Isle of the Lost : a Descendants novel / by De la Cruz, Melissa,1971-;
Imprisoned on the Isle of the Lost, the teenaged children of Disney's most evil villains search for a dragon's eye--the key to true darkness and the villains' only hope of escape.LSC
Subjects: Fantasy fiction.; Teenagers; Prisoners; Good and evil; Quests (Expeditions); Magic;
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The big break : the greatest American WWII POW escape story never told / by Dando-Collins, Stephen.;
Includes bibliographical references, Internet addresses and index.LSC
Subjects: Oflag 64 (Concentration camp); United States. Army; World War, 1939-1945; World War, 1939-1945; Prisoner-of-war escapes; Prisoners of war; Americans; Soldiers;
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The prison book club / by Walmsley, Ann.;
Includes bibliographical references.The prison book club is an eye-opening look at inmates and the penal system, and the possibilities of redemption.LSC
Subjects: Prisoners; Book clubs (Discussion groups); Prisoners;
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Unbroken : a World War II story of survival, resilience, and redemption / by Hillenbrand, Laura.;
Includes bibliographical references (p. [407]-457) and index.LSC
Subjects: Zamperini, Louis, 1917-; United States. Army Air Forces. Heavy Bombardment Group, 307th.; Bombardiers; World War, 1939-1945; Prisoners of war; Prisoners of war; World War, 1939-1945; World War, 1939-1945; Long-distance runners;
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Escape from Falaise / by Flanagan, John(John Anthony);
Held captive by the dangerous baron Lassigny, Will Treaty and his fearless young apprentice, Maddie, must outwit the baron with the help of their friends from home to escape.LSC
Subjects: Fantasy fiction.; Adventure fiction.; Prisoners; Escapes; Apprentices; Rescues; Adventure and adventurers;
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Borderland. by Yates, Pamela,film director.; New Day Films (Firm),dst; Kanopy (Firm),dst;
Originally produced by New Day Films in 2024.There is a war on immigrants. A massive surveillance, militarized and carceral apparatus has been built to capture, imprison and deport millions. But in the shadow of this border-industrial- complex, immigrants are building a rights movement envisioning a future rooted in human connection and the sanctity of life. In BORDERLAND | THE LINE WITHIN a trio of digital humanists, immigrants themselves, dig deep into the hidden apparatus of the border industrial complex, exposing ruthless profiteering from the suffering of fellow humans. In juxtaposition, the stories of immigrant heroines and heroes forge a way forward, intent on building a movement claiming their human rights in the shadow of this behemoth.Mode of access: World Wide Web.
Subjects: Documentary films.; Business.; Social sciences.; Human rights.; Americans.; Foreign study.; Documentary films.; Ethnicity.; Current affairs.; United States--Politics and government.; Emigration and immigration.; Prisons.; Mexico.;
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Ebb & flow / by Smith, Heather,1968-;
"After a bad year on the mainland, eleven-year-old Jett returns to Newfoundland to spend the summer with his sprightly Grandma Jo. He weathers the ebb and flow of his sometimes tumultuous life and learns to come to terms with his past decisions.LSC
Subjects: Novels in verse.; Friendship; Children of prisoners; Grandmothers;
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Sins of fathers : a spectacular break from a dark criminal past / by Emmett, Michael,author.; Compston, Harriet,author.;
In 'Sins of Fathers', ex-gangster Michael Emmett recounts his journey away from prison and the glamourous, dangerous world of organised crime and into his most difficult journey yet - surrender.
Subjects: Biographies.; Autobiographies.; Emmett, Michael.; Criminals; Ex-convicts; Prisons;
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